Names like Ivy

In 2025, 5,117 girls born in the US were named Ivy, #39 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1947.

Its best rank was #36, in 2024.

The most births in one year were 5,343, in 2024.

Births rose 104% from 2,507 in 2015.

For 8 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1942 or later (Ivy's began in 1947).

Ivy's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #272
2. 1890
   #310
3. 1900
   #382
4. 1910
   #475
5. 1920
   #591
6. 1930
   #701
7. 1940
   #861
8. 1950
   #660
9. 1960
   #599
10. 1970
    #641
11. 1980
    #639
12. 1990
    #759
13. 2000
    #350
14. 2010
    #298
15. 2020
    #57
16. 2025
    #39

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Ivy's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.